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April 21, 2016

Marc Tucker explains that giving states more authority through ESSA is an invitation to think big, to reinvent state education systems to meet the enormous challenges states are facing. And he issues an invitation to states willing to meet that challenge.

October 27, 2015

A new report from the Council of the Great City Schools shows over testing is rampant in U.S. schools. The Obama administration says it recognizes its role in the flood of tests, but will this acknowledgment of responsibility result in real change?

July 30, 2015

Accountability systems for surgeons have created perverse incentives leaving the best doctors increasingly unwilling to take on the toughest medical cases. The parallels to schools and teachers are clear.

April 30, 2015

High achievement in reading, writing, mathematics, science and problem solving is essential. But our goals for educating young people should include much, much more than just raising test scores in these areas.